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# How can organizations ensure Data Integrity?

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Data integrity is characterized by a series of common characteristics. For it, the FDA has developed the acronym ALCOA+ to define some of the most important data integrity standards:

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Learn more about each of these principles [in the following article](/blog/what-is-data-integrity).

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